I was trained as an economic theorist; my job at MIT was as an economic theorist. At some level that's still part… — Abhijit Banerjee Copy Share Image
Self-criticism, like self-administered brain surgery, is perhaps not a good idea. Can the 'self' see the 'self' with any objectivity? — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
“Why wallow in a puddle of self pity when there's a sea of self acceptance and self realisation waiting for you?” — Rasheed Ogunlaru Copy Share Image
I had no identity [when I was 27] - I was terrified that somebody would ask me what I was doing, and… — Frances Moore Lappé Copy Share Image
The Self is infinite. The Self is eternal. You are that Self. Beyond words, thoughts, ideas, forms and belief systems. There is… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The first step that leads to our identity in life is usually not 'I know who I am,' but rather 'I know… — Matthew McConaughey Copy Share Image
You may go on reading any number of books on Meditation. They can only tell you ‘Realize the Self’. The Self cannot… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Having viewed Europe as an extension and projection of itself, France now finds Europe developing a mind and identity of its own… — Peter Mandelson Copy Share Image
Every human being is inherently a unique and individual form of life. He or she is made like that. But there is… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
Racial identity is simply forbidden to whites in America and across the entire Western world. Black children today are hammered with the… — Shelby Steele Copy Share Image
A leader will find it difficult to articulate a coherent vision unless it expresses his core values, his basic identity...one must first… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Copy Share Image
Do not look at anybody in terms of friend or foe, brother or cousin; do not fritter away your mental energies in… — Adi Shankara Copy Share Image
I sometimes call this our "spacesuit self" because we come into an environment that is difficult and challenging, where we're told to… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
“Self-conceit is a sentiment entirely incompatible with genuine sorrow, and it is so firmly engrafted on human nature that even the most… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“I am a reader, a flashlight-under-the-covers, carries-a-book-everywhere-I-go, don't-look-at-my-Amazon-bill. I choose purses based on whether I can cram a paperback into them, and… — Donalyn Miller Copy Share Image
“Ever since it became theoretically evident that our precious personal identities were just brand-tags for trading crumbs of labour-power on the libidino-economic… — Nick Land Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, I liked to dress in the way that I dressed and that really helped me with my… — G Flip Copy Share Image
People are created in God's image. Homosexuality is an identity adopted through societal factors. It's an identity disorder. — Christine O'Donnell Copy Share Image
“No matter the nature of your individuality, you can nurture a better identity and have a mature positively rewarding life.” — Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha Copy Share Image
The individual problem is the world problem. Therefore let us return to the problem of individual perfection and the establishing of peace… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
“Allow yourself to undertake this journey exactly as you are. Be free to be your imperfect, messy, unenlightened self as well as… — Katherine Woodward Thomas Copy Share Image
The biggest research of all when I do a character is self-examination. You look at yourself and you ask, 'How am I… — Vera Farmiga Copy Share Image
You have to be your own person. You can't let people's opinions determine how you think about yourself. There's a difference between… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
Since I'm a highly self-critical person, I try to become better every day. I don't see the point of competing with anyone. — Disha Patani Copy Share Image
We are the true architects of our lives. Only we as individuals and individuals alone, carry within us, the inner ability to… — Robert M. Hensel Copy Share Image
It's a lot harder to write a story that's compelling about identity and sense of self without some villain in the room. — Peter Paige Copy Share Image
You know, the thing about my identity is that it's my own. And this is the way that I navigate through the… — Rachel Zegler Copy Share Image
If you live through defeat, you are not defeated. If you are beaten but acquire wisdom, you have won. Lose yourself to… — RZA Copy Share Image
Writing about identity can be like maneuvering through a minefield, even when considering contemporary figures who have discussed the subject themselves. — William J. Mann Copy Share Image
When we persist in looking for and finding what there is to value within our self, we discover a pure and loving… — Hugh Prather Copy Share Image
For Filipino Americans, it's a battle for recognition, for identity in a culture where, for the mainstream, Asians tend to fade into… — Jose Antonio Vargas Copy Share Image
Could it be that violence is as much a part of the American identity as the Constitution, and a vital component to… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
To live is to construct an identity bit by bit, to walk a path step by step, to live a life that… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I want to try different genres. I think I'll still be looking at a strong female character in the center, and identity… — Celine Sciamma Copy Share Image
I'm through with self pity and cutting myself down every single day. I am beautiful no matter what anyone says because God… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Between one and one Between integer and integer Is itself’s nothing The abstract zero. Between I and I Between self and self… — Jose Garcia Villa Copy Share Image
My family spans many world religions, ethnicities and nationalities. The truth is that I don't have one identity. I'm Scottish, British, European,… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
Fairytale love will show you only one face. Real love will show you as many faces as it takes to get you… — Jhiess Krieg Copy Share Image
Mac [Barnett]and I both had times when we moved, started new schools, and we know how hard that was, figuring out your… — Jory John Copy Share Image
True self-reliance does not mean reliance on one's physical strength; it means reliance on something mightier, something which is less perishable... It… — Swami Paramananda Copy Share Image
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